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Feds seek cause of Walton County helicopter crash
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 02/25/07 11:35 PM
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Federal authorities were continuing their probe into a Walton County helicopter crash that killed a 64-year-old pilot and his passenger Saturday.
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration couldn’t immediately determine what caused the private helicopter to go down on North Cross Lane near the Walton-Barrow County line about3:30 p.m.
But Sgt. Gary Couch with the Walton County Sheriff’s Department said Sunday the problem appeared to be “mechanical failure.”
Passenger Roy Hubbard, 43, of Monroe died at the scene, Couch said. Rawlins Reeves, a pilot out of Ruskin, Fla., was pronounced dead after undergoing surgery at Grady Memorial Hospital.
“All we know is that they were up flying around,” said Butch Wilson, an NTSB investigator. Investigators plan to pull records today to learn more about Reeves’ experience as a pilot, Wilson said.
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